Principal Engineer, Platform & Cloud

Swiss Re - Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft; Tarragona; Presencial; EUR 5.000 - 9.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in reinsurance is seeking a Principal Engineer to enhance platform engineering culture. The role emphasizes compliance, security, and cost efficiency across cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in software engineering leadership and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies. This position offers the opportunity to drive strategic initiatives and inspire teams while ensuring adherence to industry standards.

Formación

• 15+ years in software engineering leadership.
• 10 years of hands-on experience with platform engineering.

Responsabilidades

• Define and implement shared responsibility models.
• Develop roadmaps for compliance and policy as code.
• Drive resource and cost optimization across hybrid cloud.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Security Best Practices

Compliance

Agile Methodologies

Cost Efficiency

Educación

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Descripción del empleo

As Principal Engineer in the Engineering CoE, you play a critical role in driving and enforcing a robust platform engineering culture. This role focuses on pushing standards and complexity into platforms rather than shifting them left to developers, thereby increasing productivity and reducing compliance costs. We aim for policy as code and compliance by design.

As a leader, you will champion shared responsibility models, ensuring clear delineation of duties between development, platform, and security teams, with a focus on productivity and fast issue resolution.

A strong focus on compliance and policy as code is paramount, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, and industry best practices. Securing platforms and applications requires deep understanding of security best practices and network architectures.

The Engineering CoE drives cost efficiency across cloud infrastructure, moving beyond lift-and-shift strategies towards truly cloud-native solutions. The cloud's elasticity should be leveraged. We also focus on automating testing, deployment, and configuration management, enabling engineers to concentrate on strategic tasks like design and monitoring. Your expertise is critical to this success.

The CoE defines development standards for Swiss Re and advises platform engineers to prioritize reliability, cost efficiency, and disaster recovery, ensuring scalability and optimal platform usage.

Key Responsibilities :

• Shared Responsibility Models : Define and implement clear models, ensuring accountability across teams for infrastructure, platforms, security, and reliability.
• Compliance and Policy as Code : Develop roadmaps to embed SDLC into code with platform teams; maintain compliance and policy as code solutions.
• Standards and Metrics : Embed standards into platforms, establishing critical engineering metrics aligned with Swiss Re's data-driven ambitions. Collaborate with platform teams to ensure proper metrics for data-driven decision-making.
• Security : Work with security, platform, and DevX teams to enhance security through standardization while maintaining excellent developer experience and productivity.
• Cost Efficiency : Drive resource and cost optimization across hybrid cloud infrastructure and platforms.
• Strategy : Advise on development and implementation of comprehensive platform engineering strategies aligned with business goals and tech trends.
• Championing Platform Engineering : Promote a strong platform engineering mindset and culture across teams.
• Platform Services : Inspire development of self-service platforms and tools that empower developers.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in software engineering leadership and building developer-facing products or platforms.
• At least 10 years of hands-on experience with large-scale platform engineering in cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments.
• Experience leading global projects and setting technical direction.

Preferred qualifications :

• Experience in testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC.
• Ability to translate developer needs into effective software tools.
• Proven leadership with the ability to inspire and set a vision.

For Slovakia, the salary range is EUR 5,000 to EUR 8,300 per month, depending on experience and qualifications. Additional performance-based rewards and benefits may apply.

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Thank you for considering a career with Swiss Re. We look forward to connecting with you!

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is a leading provider of reinsurance and insurance solutions, working to make the world more resilient. With over 14,000 employees worldwide, we manage a wide range of risks and foster an inclusive culture that encourages diversity and innovation. We support flexible working and welcome professionals returning from career breaks.

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